Recording/playback apparatus, recording/playback method, program, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYuichi Nakase, Yasuyuki Ogawa
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Abstract
This invention improves convenience in processing such as data search in a recording/playback apparatus such as a digital camera. This apparatus includes a recording unit which generates a plurality of directories DCIM and SNDR having the same directory structure on a layer of hierarchy immediately below a root directory at the uppermost level in the hierarchical structure of a recording medium, and respectively records image data and audio data in the plurality of directories.
Claims27
A recording/playback apparatus comprising a recording device which generates a plurality of directories having the same directory structure on a layer of hierarchy immediately below a root directory at an uppermost level in a hierarchical structure of a recording medium and respectively records different types of data on said plurality of directories.
A recording/playback method comprising a recording step of generating a plurality of directories having the same directory structure on a layer of hierarchy immediately below a root directory at an uppermost level in a hierarchical structure of a recording medium and respectively recording different types of data on said plurality of directories.
A file management apparatus which can format a recording medium comprising:
- a total file count detecting device which detects the total number of files of a predetermined type of files recorded in the recording medium;
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- a display device which displays the total number of files together with information indicating the predetermined type before formatting of the recording medium is executed.
A control method for a file management apparatus which can format a recording medium comprising:
- a total file count detection step of detecting the total number of files of a predetermined type of files recorded in the recording medium;
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- a display step of displaying the total number of files together with information representing the predetermined type before formatting of the recording medium is executed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.